One with large bill from court, where defendant is smuggling cocaine (8)
I believe the answer is:
woodcock
'one with large bill' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'court where defendant is smuggling cocaine' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'court' could be 'woo' (both can mean to romance someone) and 'woo' is located in the answer.
'cocaine' could be 'c' (drugs abbreviation) and 'c' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dock' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for woodcock that I've seen before include "Gamebird" , "Snipe-like bird" , "Bird of sandpiper family" , "Small game bird" , "Game bird, like a snipe" .)